While there are no official numbers, LDS Family Services estimates that there are on average four or five members per LDS ward who experience same-sex attraction.

Missionary Baptist, United Methodist, Free Methodist, Presbyterian ( including Cumberland Presbyterian ), Episcopalian, Disciples of Christ, Churches of Christ including non-institutional, Assemblies of God, and numerous independent churches are located in the county, as well as two Roman Catholic parishes, an LDS ward, and a sizable Amish community.

During that time, a scout leader in an LDS ward distributed a disclaimer that the Friends of Scouting monies do not directly benefit the local Scout troop, but are used to pay expenses at the Council and National level, including executive pay which he felt was excessive.

In 1877 an LDS ward was organized, but was dissolved when the town suffered a decline in population.

The company donated land to the LDS Church for a " ward chapel and amusement hall " and also built 14 homes, a hotel, and other buildings.

On October 25, 1904, LDS Church Apostle Rudger Clawson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles came and organized a ward.

The area was part of the LDS Deseret Ward until 1891 when that ward was split and the area now known as Hinckley was made the Hinckley Ward, named after Ira N. Hinckley.

By 1877 there were also several farmers in the area and an LDS ward was organized.

On 30 November 1890 western Harrisville was organized into a separate LDS ward and given the name Farr West in honor of Lorin Farr, former president of the Weber LDS stake, and Chauncey W. West, who had served as presiding bishop of Weber County, and who was the son-in-law of Abraham Hoagland.

It was organized as an LDS ward 28 May 1877.

After the ward was divided, a new LDS meetinghouse was needed.

* Bishopric ( LDS Church ), consisting of a bishop and his two counselors ; presides over an LDS ward

The term ward originally referred to the political subdivision of some of the municipalities in the Mid-western United States where members of the LDS Church resided, and in particular the political organization of Nauvoo, Illinois in the 1840s.

Individuals can find out what ward they reside in by either talking to a local LDS leader or by using the meetinghouse locator tool on the church's webpage.

Such disciplinary proceedings are typically undertaken locally, initiated by leaders at the ward or stake level, but some of the September Six have suggested their excommunications were orchestrated by higher-ranking LDS Church leaders.

* 19th Ward Chapel-Old and unusual LDS ward house on Capitol Hill featuring an onion dome steeple, now home of the small, professional Salt Lake Acting Company.

* Garden Park Ward-stately LDS ward house surrounded by beautiful gardens and duck pond with stream formed from the Red Butte Creek.

From the time of Perry's birth until he was eighteen, his father was bishop of their LDS ward in Logan.

* The Singles Ward ( 2002 ) – The title refers to an LDS congregation ( ward ) composed only of single adults.

" Home teaching " is the LDS practice of a home teaching companionship – a holder of the Melchizedek Priesthood and a 14-year old teacher or older – visiting and teaching families in their ward each month.

In the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), bishops are called from among the members of a local congregation, known as a ward, and traditionally serve, without pay, for four to seven years ( the actual length of service can vary ).

LDS Apostle Orson Pratt declared that " Ahman ", part of the name of the settlement " Adam-ondi-Ahman " in Daviess County, Missouri, was the name of God in the Adamic language.

He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) from 1847 until his death in 1877, he founded Salt Lake City, and he served as the first governor of the Utah Territory, United States.

Though the King James Version ( KJV ) was always commonly used, it was officially adopted in the 1950s when J. Reuben Clark, of the First Presidency, argued extensively that newer translations, such as Revised Standard Version of 1952, were of lower quality and less compatible with LDS tradition.

Although the Apocrypha was part of the 1611 edition of the KJV, the LDS Church does not currently use the Apocrypha as part of its canon.

The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) is typically divided into three broad time periods: ( 1 ) the early history during the lifetime of Joseph Smith, Jr. which is in common with all Latter Day Saint movement churches, ( 2 ) a " pioneer era " under the leadership of Brigham Young and his 19th Century successors, and ( 3 ) a modern era beginning around the turn of the 20th century as the practice of polygamy was discontinued.

It was superseded by section 132 of the modern LDS edition, which contains a revelation received by Joseph Smith on eternal marriage and teaches the doctrine of plural marriage.

He was Patriarch of the LDS Church.

The word Mormon is often associated with polygamy ( or plural marriage ), which was a distinguishing practice of many early Mormons ; however it was renounced by the LDS Church in 1890,

At Young's death in 1877, he was followed by other LDS Presidents, who resisted efforts by the United States Congress to outlaw Mormon polygamous marriages.

Official LDS Church historian B. H. Roberts removed the quote from his History of the Church compilation, saying he found evidence that W. W. Phelps wrote that paragraph and that it was " based on inaccurate premises and was offensively pedantic.

In the United States, the LDS Church has applied for a trademark on " Mormon " as applied to religious services ; however, the United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected the application, stating that the term " Mormon " was too generic, and is popularly understood as referring to a particular kind of church, similar to " Presbyterian " or " Methodist ", rather than a service mark.

The term was initially considered pejorative, but is no longer considered so by Mormons ( although other terms such as Latter-day Saint, or LDS, are generally preferred ).

The LDS Church created a writing scheme called the Deseret Alphabet, which was based, in part, on Hebrew.

According to LDS Church general authority Monte J. Brough, " Mormons who baptized 380, 000 Holocaust victims posthumously were motivated by love and compassion and did not understand their gesture might offend Jews ... they did not realize that what they intended as a ' Christian act of service ' was ' misguided and insensitive .'".

Fundamentalists initially broke from the LDS Church after that doctrine was discontinued around the beginning of the 20th century.

The LDS Church teaches that during the pre-mortal existence, there was a learning process which eventually led to the next necessary step in the pre-mortal spirits ' opportunity to progress.

Janez Drnovšek of the center-left Liberal Democratic Party of Slovenia ( LDS ) was reelected Prime Minister in the 15 October 2000 parliamentary elections.

* March 17 – The Relief Society, a philanthropic and educational women's organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS ) was founded.

Bruce R. McConkie, who was later ordained an apostle of the LDS Church, originally wrote his opinion that the Catholic Church was the great and abominable church, but very few in the LDS Church share his view today.

On November 29, 1911 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) organized the MIA Scouts along the lines recommended by the Boy Scouts of America as part of their Mutual Improvement Association youth program.

Each LDS Church congregation in Arizona organized a scout troop.

In Fayette on April 6, 1830 Joseph Smith, Jr., who was from nearby Palmyra, New York, organized the Church of Christ, later to be known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in a log home owned by Peter Whitmer, Sr .. Whitmer was one of five others besides Smith who formed the initial six members of what evolved into the LDS church.

In 1877, a LDS Church Ward was organized, with John C. Dewey as Bishop.

The place was known as Hunsaker's Mill until it was organized as an LDS Ward named Honeyville in 1877.

Ezra T. Benson organized an LDS Ward ( LDS Church ) there in May 1860.

He was the first branch president when the Leamington Branch of the LDS Church was organized in 1876.

In 1861, George A. Smith organized an LDS branch in the town.

In January 1852 Harker ’ s Settlement was organized as a part of the West Jordan LDS Ward that included the Salt Lake Valley west of the Jordan River.

In 1863 Harrisville was organized as a branch of the LDS Church, and in 1868 it was organized into a county precinct, at which time it was officially called Harrisville.

The name Kanesville was adopted when an LDS Ward was first organized there in 1882.

An irrigation company was formed in 1879 and an LDS Ward was organized in 1882.

According to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ), the largest Mormon group, all Priesthood keys necessary to administer Jesus Christ's church were given to Joseph Smith, Jr. who then organized that church to continue in perpetuity.

Texts in this category are from various Latter Day Saint traditions claiming a relationship to the Church of Christ organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. in 1830, not just the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) or the Community of Christ.

Indeed, when the railroad finally came to Utah, LDS leaders organized cadres of Mormon workers to build the railway, welcoming the income for the economically depressed settlers.

Cannon also organized the Deseret Sunday School Union, an LDS Church organization responsible for educating young Latter-day Saints.